Hi Everyone,

The time has come again to put something new together from scratch. The old system is on its last legs. I am not entirely a hardware geek but you guys have helped a lot in my decision-making process. So first of all, thank you for all the helpful posts!

Here is what I came up with thus far for my new rig. Intended use is for gaming including OCing. I would really appreciate if you could give your thoughts about this or if you see any problems that this build might run into.

Thank You!

• Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Processor BX80570E8400 - 3.0GHz, 6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Wolfdale, Dual-Core, Retail, Socket 775, Processor with Fan (0.85 lbs)http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] -DUO-E8400

• Asus P5Q-E Green Motherboard - Intel P45, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, S/PDIF, Dual Gigabit LAN, Firewire, USB 2.0, eSATA, RAID (3.2 lbs)http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] =A455-2826

• Thermaltake VH600LBWS Armor+ Full-Tower ATX Case with Liquid Cooling (46 lbs)http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] =T925-1265

• Thermaltake / ToughPower / 700-Watt / ATX / 140mm Fan / SATA Ready / SLI Ready / PFC/EPS / Power Supply (6.95 lbs) http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] =T925-2230

• BFG GeForce 9800 GTX Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV (2.55 lbs)http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] u=B52-9802

• Corsair Dual Channel XMS2 4096MB PC8500 DDR2 1066MHz Memory (2 x 2048MB) (0.25 lbs)http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] u=C13-6104

• Philips SPD2513BD Super-Allwrite Retail DVD Burner - 20x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 48x24x CD-R/RW, Black, SATA (2.2 lbs) http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] =P129-1010

• 2 X Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, SATA-300, OEM (3.1 lbs) http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] SD-500AAKS

Looks okay.

This is the same card but cheaper, http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=3585

You can get some of the above items cheaper at Infonec (www.infonec.com)

1- ASUS P5Q Deluxe is a better mobo
2- HD 4870 is better than 9800 GTX
3- mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 is better than your choice
4- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB is a better hard disk
Good luck

kad hit everything right on the head.

4850 is better than 9800GTX in some cases. Same price too. Go with the 48x0 series.

4850- $192 CAD
http://www.directcanada.com/produc [...] POWERCOLOR

4870- $311 CAD- Smacks 9800GTX around- competes with 260 & 280.
http://www.directcanada.com/produc [...] e=SAPPHIRE

Thanx for the creative input!

What about the PSU? 700Watt going to be enough?

Overkill for just 1 card.

If you want CF later- it is good to keep.